This one has been stuck in my drafts pile for longer than planned. It shouldn’t still be a problem because it was addressed in the December 2010 Cumulative Update. But if you do have problems opening PDFs from SharePoint 2010, the first step should be to apply Cumulative Updates. But here’s the hack that worked [...]
Read more »Microsoft have announced the upcoming planned release of SharePoint 2010′s first service pack. Due to arrive in late June 2011. Full details in their blog. Short version here for my memory as much anything else Introducing the Site Recycle Bin – self-service recovery of site collections and sites! Shallow Copy – improved method for managing [...]
Read more »Here are a few tips and tricks to use when working with user profiles in SharePoint 2010. Note: Most also apply to SharePoint 2007. 1. Displaying all profiles in the service application When you go to edit user profiles in the User Profile service application, you will see a blank screen with a search box [...]
Read more »[Update] Please note that this solution does not quite get to a full address book search. When Microsoft says ‘Sort by name’, they actually only sort by first name. Daft I know but go complain to them. The best approach is to add a note for people – add at least the first letter of [...]
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[Update] Following comments to this post, please note that this refers to using the Enterprise Wiki template when creating a site collection. The Enterprise Wiki template is the only one that will create a root site with all features available. All other templates limit the features for the site collection and the Publishing Portal template [...]
Read more »In SharePoint 2010, PerformancePoint runs as a service application. Having been configuring it recently for a demo, I stumbled across a couple of steps that needed to be completed to get the demo up and running. The environment is a single server virtual machine running Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, SharePoint [...]
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